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Climate Justice Lawyer
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Systemic Justice
Remote (global)- Career category: Legal
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: €65,000 EUR-€65,000 EUR / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Permanent
- Deadline: 22/10/2023
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
Systemic Justice is looking for a colleague who can help build and run ground-breaking legal cases on climate justice with local communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice in Europe.
Position type: Full-time (4 days per week, 32-hour work week)
Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension
Location: Remote, based in Europe (CET time zone +/- two hours)
About the role
We are looking for a full-time Climate Justice Lawyer to join our legal team and be responsible for developing, coordinating, and conducting community-driven litigation projects on issues of climate justice within the Council of Europe.
The work involves handling all aspects of the litigation, in close collaboration with community partners and local lawyers, such as developing legal strategy and argumentation, coordinating legal research and evidence gathering, drafting filings, and preparing for hearings. The Climate Justice Lawyer would also have an instrumental role in guiding communities through this process, keeping them informed of developments and risks as they arise, and actioning the decisions they would like to take on the matter.
The Climate Justice Lawyer will work with the legal team to establish trust-based, equitable partnerships, and ways of collaborating with all community partners involved in litigation and will be responsible for handling their own casework. They will be the primary lawyer in their casework ensuring that the cases are managed and handled appropriately and in accordance with Systemic Justice’s community-driven litigation methodology. They will also manage relationships with local lawyers to ensure that communities are well-represented before national courts and that the case is being run in compliance with local rules.
This is an exciting opportunity to build and run cases that are community-driven, and that are shaped by the movements and communities that are actively fighting for racial, social, and economic justice. You’ll build ground-breaking casework that is designed for impact and to push for change on communities’ own terms.
About Systemic Justice
Systemic Justice works to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice. We are the first organisation in Europe that partners with communities on strategic litigation by taking a community-driven approach; that is Black-led; and has a majority BPOC team.
Strategic litigation is a powerful tool that can be used alongside advocacy, campaigning, and policy work to help bring about systemic change. However, litigation is underutilised in movements working to address the structural inequalities in our society. Centring affected communities in joint litigation, Systemic Justice works to broaden access to judicial remedies for those fighting for justice and equality.
Position type: Full-time (4 days per week, 32-hour work week)
Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension
Location: Remote, based in Europe (CET time zone +/- two hours)
About the role
We are looking for a full-time Climate Justice Lawyer to join our legal team and be responsible for developing, coordinating, and conducting community-driven litigation projects on issues of climate justice within the Council of Europe.
The work involves handling all aspects of the litigation, in close collaboration with community partners and local lawyers, such as developing legal strategy and argumentation, coordinating legal research and evidence gathering, drafting filings, and preparing for hearings. The Climate Justice Lawyer would also have an instrumental role in guiding communities through this process, keeping them informed of developments and risks as they arise, and actioning the decisions they would like to take on the matter.
The Climate Justice Lawyer will work with the legal team to establish trust-based, equitable partnerships, and ways of collaborating with all community partners involved in litigation and will be responsible for handling their own casework. They will be the primary lawyer in their casework ensuring that the cases are managed and handled appropriately and in accordance with Systemic Justice’s community-driven litigation methodology. They will also manage relationships with local lawyers to ensure that communities are well-represented before national courts and that the case is being run in compliance with local rules.
This is an exciting opportunity to build and run cases that are community-driven, and that are shaped by the movements and communities that are actively fighting for racial, social, and economic justice. You’ll build ground-breaking casework that is designed for impact and to push for change on communities’ own terms.
About Systemic Justice
Systemic Justice works to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice. We are the first organisation in Europe that partners with communities on strategic litigation by taking a community-driven approach; that is Black-led; and has a majority BPOC team.
Strategic litigation is a powerful tool that can be used alongside advocacy, campaigning, and policy work to help bring about systemic change. However, litigation is underutilised in movements working to address the structural inequalities in our society. Centring affected communities in joint litigation, Systemic Justice works to broaden access to judicial remedies for those fighting for justice and equality.
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